The Savannah tribune. [volume] (Savannah [Ga.]) 1876-1960, 1887-02-05
A YILLIANOUS ARTICLE.

The "Evenlng Call" an afternoon
paper published in this city as the
organ of the Knights of Labor, in
It's is,ue OF Tuesday the LIST rstan',
has the following villianous editori-
al h. ade d; Justice at last"
The new management OF the
Central railroad are doing nobIy.
They have gone back on the Old
board for Injustice it did to the
white men it had i'll its employ nj
reins ated the latter. In its schem
! irg for economy the old board did
MI act for white men for which the
remainder Of their lives they ought
to hang their heads and be asham
ed to look any decent, lespectabe
white man in the face. The whites
employed on the road, for no cause,
were supposed to b. in>uhordnate
md hard to manage, and by the
degree OF thus august body they had
to yield Their places to coIored
laborero. We do not object to col
ored men having employment, for
they have TO live, but what we do
streuuousIy object to is the manner
IN which they were employed, and
We know I)ts Of coiored men in this
city who bad they been made &C
quainted with the object OF tender
NJ employment to them would
have >corued the Offer. But the
colored men were supposed 70 be
more docile, has Irritable less
liable to precipitate strike, and to
otarve the whites they were to be
employed at stan .tlon wages The
corporation must be protected, the
largest dividends must be pald, aud
strict economy must be used III the
labor departncu', and Whue men,
rhe peers of any OF this o I'd, mus
De superseded fn cheap sc I, ,aOor
The members OF hat board lreir.~h
out the little pittance more tnan
earned by white lab T, must {
taken from them aud gwen to
another race. All OF that board
were not born with ,livet spoons III
their mouths and 1t Is singular how
soon such forget themselves IN the
days Of prosperity aod actually OPP
press the very class from whom
The sprung Well the work. 'gmer
nave reason f,ehngIy to remember
the gen, lemen consisting that boarC
aud they ought, if possible, secure /
perfect hst OF their names and stlct
Il where they can always see It, anC
every time tuey look at it ask witt
clenched teeth if those hen haC
souls in their bodies that kindred
blood receives no eur ny consldera
ton at their hand ? We Leaned
strongly to that board in our ignor-
ance OF what had been done, w,
rejoice now that was beaten anC
we hope the new board, in appre
citation of IFS own race and color
will long pre- ide over the Central
while then predecessors will reve
in the lutamy they richly deserve.
We r4p oduce the foregoing ii
order tlat.' our readers ma fully
unIers aud the amlnuo OF tuat So
called friend Of labor, aud because
we und, rstand that Iored meI
own ok IN the Cali" and coutrl-
, bu IN no sma degree 10 its sup
! port. 1t has also been stated tina
he wh.e Knights of Labor II the
, Fremcn's Brotherhood were mucf
exerc sed at the employment o.
e c0iored men by the c. al rail
, road. What we desire to know is
if the white Knights Of Labor
appr We The sentiments of the
&C H." The colored Knights >houlC
investigate his matter, and if the
alleged attitude OF the white
Knights towards their colorad
brother is true, Wa make bold to
say lat cOICred m u should sevol
their connection with the Order
Ilay event the o or4d man WHO
ass Sis tive "CaIl" after us recent
mAhgnan' alta ks on his race, is
assisting cau,e that Is morta
enemy to his advancement anC
progIe ss.